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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Brassica oleracea var. capitata l. (Brassicaceae)

Common Names
Cabbage; Red Cabbage; White Cabbage
How this plant is used
Food
Variety
capitata
Variety Author
L.

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-INDOYL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Plant *
3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
3-METHYL-SULFINYL-PROPYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf *
3-METHYL-THIO-PROPYL-CYANIDE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
3-O-(2-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-6-O-(4-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-5-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf 16.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(2-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-6-O-(4-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}TRANS-FERULYL)...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf 0.5 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(2-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}-6-O-(4-O-{BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}TRANS-P-COUMARYL)...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf 0.3 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6-O-{TRANS-FERULYL)-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf 0.2 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6-O-{TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL}...CYANIDIN 0 Leaf 27.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-(6-O-{TRANS-SINAPL}-2-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL5-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-CYANIDIN 0 Leaf 0.1 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-PENTANONE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
4-(METHYLTHIO)-BUTYL-ISOTHIOCYANATE 0 Leaf *
4-CAFFOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
4-CAFFOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Plant *
4-EPITHIOBUTANE 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
4-HYDROXY-GLUCOBRASSICIN 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
4-HYDROXY-INDO-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
4-HYDROXY-INDOYL-3-YL-METHYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
4-METHOXYBRASSININ 3 Leaf 1.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
4-METHYL-SULFINYL-BUTYL-GLUCOSINOLATE 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 32 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cancer-Preventive? 1 *
Candidicide 6 Martindale's 28th
Candidistat 1 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 7 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 *
Cardioprotective? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *